In Flash CS3/AS3, if I try to run a transition on a movie clip "PaneB" accompanied by a PaneB class definition, I get the following error: ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property __transitionManager not found on Site.Page.PaneB and there is no default value. However, if I don't associate a...more >>

first thing, the user is loading the MC to the stage. the print button is located in the MC. now i want only the MC to be printed. if necessary, the button can be on the main stage. in the following script that I found: this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc", 999); holder_mc.loadMovie("...more >>

I've got an application that I'm building that uses a variety of sound effects. These are currently sprinkled throughout the app. in buttons, mcs & 1 or 2 on the main timeline. Is there an easy way to add a button to turn off all sounds, if the user doesn't want them? I've tried applying the "...more >>

I load a Flash Professional Slide Presentation into a scrollPane. Is it possible to figure out which slide is currently being presented from the scrollPane and/or Parent of the scrollPane? If so, how? Thanks. ...more >>

I have a datagrid that loads perfectly as long as it's on the first frame. However, I need it on frame 10 as well, but when I get to frame 10 the datagrid doesn't load. What gives? The weird thing is if I do a test movie it works fine. If I publish the swf it doesn't. ...more >>

Can I turn a button to its over state by telling the playhead to gotoAndStop on the Over frame? Is there another simple way to do this? Will I have to turn my buttons into MCs? I am hoping to aviod doing that. Thanks a lot! ...more >>

Hi guys. I need some help with this code: if (search.text != "" ) { on (release, keyPress "<Enter>") { getURL("http://google.com/search", "_blank", "GET"); search.text = ""; search.setFocus(null); } } else getURL("http://www.google.com"); I have a text input and i want ...more >>

Is there a way to Pause the Flv 5 sec or whatever the time into playing it, so the user sees it, but then has to select Play to play the rest of it?...more >>

Anyone have any ideas on this? Seems like it should be pretty straightforward....more >>

Hi Forum It appears that popups called from within html with a onClick event in the anchor tag are less likely to be blocked by most browser popup blockers (safari, mozilla). A popup called from within an swf movie however will trigger the popup alert. That just seems kinda unfair. no ? ...more >>

Anybody, I have a loadmovie function that places a window on top of existing movie. It acts a pop up window to zoom up on the item someone clicked on. I would like to manual close it with a box with a x in it. Do I make a button i the top corner that unloads the current pop up window? ...more >>

Here is my scenario: Event website, I case of bad weather, the secretary will upload a text file to the web server. Flash will check for the text file existance when homepage loads. If Exists, it will load a movieclip to explain cancellation of event. I will dynamically use the text fr...more >>

Hi all! I'm trying to make a small game in Flash using ActionScript 3. On the scene there is a movieclip that can be moved around with the arrow keyes. Its also possible to zoom in and out. I use [i]scaleX[/i] and [i]scaleY[/i] for this. The problen is that the more I zoom in (scale up m...more >>

HI, Can someone tell me if there only certain tags in xml that flash recognises, i know this is true with HTML and flash but is it the same in xml? I have an xml file with tags suchs as...'title', 'main', 'thumb'. Im trying to add other tags such as 'description' but cant get flash to r...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to migrate from AS2 to AS3 and have stumbled on this. I can't find how to create dynamically referenced variables in AS3. Can anyone give me a hand? Thanks! Here's the code I used in AS2: //AS2 for (var i:Number = 0; i < 10; i++) { this["myThing" + i] = new Object...more >>

Hi, I have a flash file that used the ExternalInterface class to communicate with the html page (with javascript) What I need to do is use Javascript functions to control the flash file... ...this is all working, but i'm just looking for the best way to do one of them.... I need a java...more >>

ActionScript3: I want the parent movie to go to nextFrame when a movieChild reaches its final frame. in the actions timeline of the Child I added the script: root.nextFrame(); I know this is wrong because it doesn't work :) I think I have to add a listener or so...more >>

Hi everyone. Project I?m helping develop in Flash CS3 an online soft skills training that involves students viewing a short video than answering a multiple choice question. After viewing several videos and answering the related questions the student is given on overview of how they did...more >>

hi... I created a button to show and hide some content on stage. The button works well, but there's a problem...when i click on the button to show the content and i move to another section of the timeline the content hides again, and i just want it to hide when the button is clicked again ...more >>

So say I have a class named Thing that extends MovieClip. Then I have a class named Box that extends Thing. I also have a class name Circle that extends Thing. I then create 2 movie clips on in my FLA. One uses the Box class and one uses the Circle class. Both movie clips have a child...more >>

Hi. I'd like to be able to create some variables dynamically in AS3 and then use them as object names. For example, to create the variables circle1, circle2 etc I write: for(var i:Number = 0; i < 10; i++) { this["circle" + i]; } I would then like to create movie clips with the nam...more >>

Hi, I am working on a project and want to be able to determine what files exist in a specific directory. Is there anyway to do this using AS? I appreciate any help you may be able to give me. Thanks, Chris ...more >>

Hi I'm 90% complete on converting my AS2 application to AS3, but now I have hit another small snag. After searching for a while, i'll struggling on swapping depths of my movie clips. Currently it does the following. 1) load the xml file which has the image names 2) move Loader in to MC (lo...more >>

I'm trying to build a printable form with multimedia help (this is a free project, I don't get paid). Since I can't create PDF from Flash I instead try to get the Flash into the PDF. It would be very helpful (although probably not essential for this particular project) if the embedded Flash co...more >>

What is the script I would attach to a button to make it an e-mail link? Thank you....more >>

Hi Wondered if someone could put me out of my misery here:| creating a flash application that has a menu system, with different forms. The problem i seme to have is that say u r on a form wiuth mutliple inout fields. If u populate 2 fields, say the first has four characters placed in i...more >>

I'm new to Flash...I have a Home page with nothing but a top and side border. When it opens it loads an Invitation page which has a movie that runs, then six buttons appear. I can then click any of the buttons and go to a different page. When I click the Home button to return to my Home pag...more >>

Hi, I have created my own Flash website using "Flash Slide Presentation". And when people go to site, it's playing a song. For example "Song1". It's any script, that can play several songs each time I am going to site? var Song1:Sound = new Sound(); Song1.attachSound("music/Song1.mp3");...more >>

hi, I am designing something which has 4 buttons, linking to 4 seperate animations. the buttons are hairspray bottles and the animation is a image which fades up, as if it were being sprayed. The way I have designed it is for each bottle to have this code: on (release) { section1....more >>

This is the site Im messing with.. www.brewbus.net/cfab The site is currently set up using external .swf files called into a master file. I have page transitions set up, but I would like to have the new page the visitor clicks on to come in OVER the current page no matter what it is.. ...more >>